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San Joaquin Valley Viticulture You can learn a lot about grape growing in 3 days. UC Davis Varietal Winegrape Production short course Feb 23–25, 2010 http://ow.ly/FlBE
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture Red autumn leaves are beautiful, but they could indicate leafroll, a virus spread by mealybugs. Fruit on infected vines ripen poorly so nurseries must propagate virus free vines. A vine's virus status can be tested by grafting a bud from it onto Cabernet franc. If the bud carried leafroll, the virus will cause the leav...es of Cab franc to develop a distinctive red leaf pattern in autumn. The response is so clear that Cab franc is considered an 'indicator plant' for grapevine leafroll virus.
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture Gophers in vineyard? Attend biology & trapping demo, 10 Dec 2009, 9:30am - 12:00pm, 9240 S Riverbend Ave, Parlier, CA http://ow.ly/i/8tg
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture RT @ucdavisCAES: New gift to UC Davis funds research on grape vines! http://bit.ly/1vTHTn
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture Join us for the 2010 San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium on January 6, 2010. The symposium alternates between research reports on wine and raisin grapes, with the upcoming meeting focusing on raisin industry issues. Registration and agenda information can be found by clicking on our “Events” tab. Payment and registration forms must be received by December 31, 2009!
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture We've updated our blog with information about the European Grape Berry Moth, Lobesia botrana. Click on the "boxes" tab to access this and other blog entries.
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture Work on the Dept of Viticulture and Enology's new winery at UC Davis continues at a good pace.
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture Our home Department, Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis, recently moved into the new Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science facilities on campus. The classrooms and laboratories are completed and in use, and construction on the new winery is underway. The winery will be the first in the world to meet Lea...dership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum certification. Professor of Enology, Roger Boulton, took this photo on 3 November 2009, showing the current state of the winery, with the new teaching vineyards in the foreground.
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture San Joaquin Valley Viticulture Tech Group Meets @ Fresno Farm Bureau bldg, 18 Nov, 10 am to review 2009 raisin season. $10 admission includes program and lunch. Group will meet in the same location on January 13, 2010, to discuss Remote Sensing and New Technologies for wine growers.
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture The National Grape Registry: good info on raisin, table, & wine grape cultivars, and rootstocks available in US: http://ngr.ucdavis.edu/
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture By this time of the year our raisins have been collected from the vineyard and it's time to evaluate their quality. One important variable is moisture content: if overdried, they will carmelize and if too moist (>16%) they may spoil. To determine moisture, raisins are ground into a paste and a sample is packed into a ...plastic cylinder. The temperature of the paste is measured, and a probe is inserted into the paste to determine electrical conductivity. Tables of conductivity and temperature data are consulted to estimate moisture.
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture UC Experts provide pest & disease updates at Current Issues in Vineyard Health, 19 Nov. at UC Davis. To register: http://tinyurl.com/yjmfhex
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Thanks @fresnobee for mentioning us in article on farmers' use of social networking tech http://www.fresnobee.com/832/story/16708
San Joaquin Valley Viticulture We have a new lab publication in HortScience. The article is titled “Potential of Methyl Jasmonate as a Harvest Aid for ‘Thompson Seedless’ Grapes: Concentration and Time Needed for Consistent Berry Loosening”. A link to the complete abstract can be found on our “Boxes” tab under “Select Research Publications”.
